Allen Lab at Stanford

Developing new approaches to measure, perturb, and engineer biology in vivo
Revealing principles of how living systems build, maintain, and repair themselves

We develop and apply new scalable technologies that bridge engineering, computation, and biology to map and control physiological function across multiple scales within living animals.

We apply these approaches to reveal the fundamental principles of how living systems replace parts, resist damage, and adapt to stress to maintain function over time.

Ultimately, we aim to create new ways of treating aging and disease by controlling endogenous processes to enhance resilience, slow decline, or restore lost function.

We develop new technologies to measure and manipulate genes, cells, and tissues at high resolution and a large scale.

Development, Homeostasis, & Aging

We reveal the principles of how biological systems establish and maintain their function over time, and how this fails in aging and disease.

Engineering Cells &
Tissues

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